PRODUCE 48 - Where Are They Now (3 years Later!)

I already miss the J-line from IZone so much

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52	*Motomura Aoi	HKT48	Senbatsu on HKT48's "Kimi to Doko ka e Ikitai" (2021.05.12). Captain of Team KIV.
53	Park Minji	Independent(?) M&D17	Opened a cover channel. Assumed to have left company based on annual Produce 101 Update
54	Yu Minyoung	Unknown HOW Ent.	Rumored to have joined 8D Creative after leaving HOW (2019.02), but most likely left.
55	Park Seoyoung	Independent	Releases music as ROYA. Most recent single - 'BLUE PILL' (2021.03.21)
56	Wang Ke	HOW Ent.	Member of pre-debut group HOWZ. Debut date unknown.
57	Cho Kahyeon	Independent (?) Starship	Left Starship sometime in 2019. Status unknown.
58	**Ikumi Nakano	AKB48	Graduated from AKB48 in 2019. Part of Team Nice Fight for "Mimi wo Fusage!" on NO WAY MAN.
59	Hwang Soyeon	HOW Ent. MNH Wellmade Yedang	Transferred to HOW Ent. in March 2021. Previously under MNH with Lee Haeun.
60	Shin Suhyun	Sublime Artists Agency FAVE Ent	Appeared in The8's MV for 'Side by Side' (2021.04.13)
61	Kang Damin	Independent(?) Wellmade Yedang	Contestant on Mnet's CAP-TEEN, part of duo ALL U. Was on EBS 2TV's "Saengbangsong Pandada" program.
62	**Mogi Shinobu	AKB48	Runs YouTube channel with fellow AKB members. Participant on "Hanareteitemo" (2020.06.21).
63	**Oda Erina	AKB48	"Hanareteitemo" charity single (2020.06.21).
64	Yoon Eunbin	Independent CNC Ent.	Assumed to be a free agent. Signed to Stardium Ent. after finishing at CNC, but debut was scrapped.
65	Choi Yeonsoo	YGKPLUS	Continues modelling, starred in webdrama 'I Can See Your MBTI' with THE BOYZ's Hyunjae (2021.02).
66	**Matsuoka Natsumi	HKT48	Senbatsu on HKT48's "Kimi to Doko e Ikitai". Team Captain of HKT48's Team H.
67	Park Chanju	Independent MND17	Reportedly opened up online boutique (2020.07.08) following her ending her contract in late 2019.
68	Park Jinny	Vine Entertainment Independent	Member of Secret Number - most recent comeback "Got That Boom" (2020.11.04)
69	Kim Dayeon	Unknown CNC Ent.	Signed to Stardium Ent. after finishing at CNC, but debut was scrapped. Status unknown.
70	**Hasegawa Rena	Crocodile.ltd NGT48	Graduated from NGT48 - 2019.05.18 - following scandal. Now does voice actor work (seiyuu).
71	Cho Ahyeong	UPVOTE Ent. FNC Entertainment	Participated in Mnet's CAP-TEEN, made it to Top 7. Appears in vlog for UPVOTE.
72	Lee Seunghyeon	WM Ent.	Still under WM. Active with other female trainees as "WM Gguunamu"
73	**Kato Yuuka	NMB48	Senbatsu on NMB48's upcoming single "Shidare Yanagi" (2021.06.16).
74	Kim Dahye	Unknown Banana Culture	Was not in Banana Newkid.
75	Imada Mina	HKT48	"UFO Boshuchu" on "Kimi to Doko ka e Ikitai" (2021.05.12)
76	**Nagano Serika	AKB48	Member of TinTlip unit. Participant on "Hanareteitemo" (2020.06.21)
77	Hong Yeji	Barjeong Ent. CNC Ent.	Signed with Barjeong to become an actress (2021.02.10). Previously under Stardium, but debut fell through.
78	Lee Chaejeong	Hunus Entertainment M&D17	Added to ELRIS, most recent release - JACKPOT (Japanese ver.) (2021.04.09).
79	Park Jieun	RBW	Debuted with PURPLE KISS (2021.03.17)
80	**Ichikawa Manami	AKB48	Participant on charity single "Hanareteitemo" (2020.06.21). Team Nice Fight.
81	Alex Christine	ZB Label	Debuted as AleXa in 2019. Very active, most recent release is OST for "Somehow Family".
82	**Kurihara Sae	HKT48	Senbatsu for "Kimi to Doko ka e Ikitai" (2021.05.12).
83	Cho Yeongin	WM Ent.	Still under WM. Active with other female trainees as "WM Gguunamu"
84	**Asai Yuuka	SKE48	Senbatsu on SKE48's "Koi Ochi Flag" (2021.02.03).
85	Ahn Yewon	YGKPLUS	Opened vlog channel (YE WON) and continues modelling/CF work.
86	**Naiki Kokoro	NMB48	Graduated from NMB48 (2019.08.11)
87	Kim Yubin	MAJOR9 Ent. CNC Ent.	Debuted with Bling Bling. Most recent comeback - "CONTRAST" (2020.05.20).
88	Cho Sarang	Million Market	Assumed to still be under Million Market.
89	Choi Soeun	The Music Works	Status unknown. Assumed to still be under Music Works.
90	**Shinozaki Ayana	AKB48	Participant on charity single "Hanareteitemo" (2020.06.21)
91	Won Seoyeon	MMO Ent.	Vocal student at Howon University. Assumed to still be under MMO.
-	Matsui Jurina	SKE48	Center for SKE48's 'Koi Ochi Flag' (2021.02.03) - final single before graduation.
-	Tanaka Miku	HKT48	Center for 'Kimi to Doko ka e Ikitai' (2021.05.12)
-	Umeyama Cocona	NMB48	Senbatsu for "Shidare Yanagi" (2021.06.16).
-	Tsukiashi Amane	HKT48	Graduated from HKT48 (2020.03.30)
-	Uemura Azusa	NMB48	Graduated from NMB48 (2018.12.03.)

Trainees Affected by Vote Manipulation

Trainee	Company	Manipulation Period	Mnet Ranking	Actual Ranking
Han Chowon	Cube Entertainment	Finale voting	13th	6th (placed in IZ*ONE)
Lee Kaeun	Pledis Ent.	Finale Voting	14th	5th (placed in IZ*ONE)

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Who wouldn't be in Iz*one if the voting wasn't manipulated?

omg I forgot Alexa was in PD48.

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Who wouldn't be in Iz*one if the voting wasn't manipulated?

Chaewon for sure was the most unexpected winner. Yuri also was kind of unexpected (Yena/Hyewon/Minju too if i remember correctly). Chaeyeon ended up 12 when she was never outside the top 5 before. I don't think Hitomi was top 3 japanese the whole show.

Honestly i don't care as long as most of them succeed. If you make the group with the 12 highest average ranking i don't think the group has a main vocal (Eunbi probably becomes the main vocal) which is not ideal at all.

Reddit Iz*One content is so good most of the time

you re reddit user

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Chaewon for sure was the most unexpected winner. Yuri also was kind of unexpected (Yena/Hyewon/Minju too if i remember correctly). Chaeyeon ended up 12 when she was never outside the top 5 before. I don't think Hitomi was top 3 japanese the whole show.

Honestly i don't care as long as most of them succeed. If you make the group with the 12 highest average ranking i don't think the group has a main vocal (Eunbi probably becomes the main vocal) which is not ideal at all.

Chaewon was one least popular trainee with her screentime but yet she fit izone concept lol

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Chaewon for sure was the most unexpected winner. Yuri also was kind of unexpected (Yena/Hyewon/Minju too if i remember correctly). Chaeyeon ended up 12 when she was never outside the top 5 before. I don't think Hitomi was top 3 japanese the whole show.

Honestly i don't care as long as most of them succeed. If you make the group with the 12 highest average ranking i don't think the group has a main vocal (Eunbi probably becomes the main vocal) which is not ideal at all.

I agree that Chaewon was unexpected but let's look a little deeper

Episode 5 is when the first public votes were counted so a good place to start comparisons

So from Episodes 5 - 12 there were 5 Votes and Rankings as Episodes 6 and 7 had none so based on this

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Produce_48_contestants

These contestants were ranked in the Top 12 for all 5 Votes/Ranking Episodes

Wonyoung

Sakura

Nako

Eunbi

Hitomi

So for the rest, out of those 5 Chances to get into the Top 12

Chaeyeon (4 times)

Yujin (4)

Hyewon (4)

Yuri (2)

Yena (2)

Minjoo (2)

Chaewon (1)

Those that didn't make it but were ranked in the Top since Episode 5

Lee Gaeun (3)

Miho, Miyu, Miu [AKB48] (2)

tbh, PD48 was rigged because the Japanese Contestants were ranking higher than the Korean ones so MNet banned votes from Japan

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I agree that Chaewon was unexpected but let's look a little deeper

Episode 5 is when the first public votes were counted so a good place to start comparisons

So from Episodes 5 - 12 there were 5 Votes and Rankings as Episodes 6 and 7 had none so based on this

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Produce_48_contestants

These contestants were ranked in the Top 12 for all 5 Votes/Ranking Episodes

Wonyoung

Sakura

Nako

Eunbi

Hitomi

So for the rest, out of those 5 Chances to get into the Top 12

Chaeyeon (4 times)

Yujin (4)

Hyewon (4)

Yuri (2)

Yena (2)

Minjoo (2)

Chaewon (1)

Those that didn't make it but were ranked in the Top since Episode 5

Lee Gaeun (3)

Miho, Miyu, Miu [AKB48] (2)

tbh, PD48 was rigged because the Japanese Contestants were ranking higher than the Korean ones so MNet banned votes from Japan

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Didn't remember Minju was 2 times top12. I knew either Hyewon or Minju were ranked very high i just didn't remember so i assumed both.

I'm pretty sure Lee Gaeun's votes were falling pretty fast in the last few episodes no? I remember not being shocked one of the usual top 10 falling outside the top12 cz the ranks were falling.

Didn't remember hitomi being usually that high, probably got confused with other japanese trainees. Japanese contestants were the most talked about all the time.

Forgot chaeyeon got outside top 12 one time, she was very high and was one of the most talked about contestant all show.

Sakura got like 2 1st place vote but she was easily and i mean very easily the most popular contestant.

LEE KAEUN talks about her final Produce48 ranking on KakaoTalk Room:

Poor girl, in one way it most feel good knowing you were good enough or popular enough to make it, but also bad knowing that the powers to be did not want you.

— "It was something I wanted to forget, but I suddenly felt like I was being labeled as a victim by the world.
I was doing well, but everyone I saw felt pity for me, so I think it was a little difficult for me."

— "But my mom said that she was happy her daughter actually made it!"

Former 'Produce 48' contestant Lee Kaeun candidly shares her emotions following the ranking manipulation controversy

Former 'Produce 48' contestant Lee Kaeun broke the silence and candidly opened up about how she felt when it was revealed that the contestants' ranki…

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